Call Me Bruna
2016
Original language: Portuguese
- drama
The story
Raquel is a girl, adopted by an upper-middle-class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in São Paulo to become a prostitute.
What it’s like
Urban São Paulo in daylight and at night, with the city's grey concrete, traffic-heavy streets, and warm interiors set against the cooler tones of upscale apartments and a traditional campus. The look leans naturally lit and grounded rather than stylised, and the mood shifts between the controlled calm of a comfortable home and the looser, more charged nightlife that draws its heroine away. Sex and nudity are part of the texture, handled frankly and often sensually rather than as spectacle, so the erotic register is a central element rather than an accent. Violence is not the focus, though the world carries the risk and vulnerability of sex work, and tension comes more from social pressure, family conflict and personal choice than from action. The pacing is episodic and character-led, unhurried in the quieter domestic scenes and sharper in confrontations. Its emotional core is a young woman testing who she is against the expectations of the people who raised her. It suits late-night viewing when you want something adult, intimate and talky, and it is best for viewers comfortable with explicit sexual content who enjoy character drama about identity, class and rebellion.
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